He won the seat of Kingsford Smith at the 2004 General Election for the Australian Labor Party and was selected as Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment, Heritage and the Arts.
A new remix compilation album, Remixes 81–04 , was released in 2004, featuring new and unreleased promo mixes of the band’s singles from 1981 to 2004. A new version of “Enjoy the Silence”, remixed by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park , ” Enjoy the Silence 04 “, was released as…
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He left the band in October 2003 to pursue a solo career.
The next album, Phantom Power , relied less on sound experimentation and proved to be a more stripped-down, back-to-basics recording in contrast to the orchestral Rings Around the World . It was also released as both a CD and DVD album in July 2003, preceded by a single, ” Golden…
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In May 2003 the band signed to Laurence Bell’s independent record label , Domino Recording Company .
On 10 March 2003, the Police were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and performed “Roxanne”, “Message in a Bottle”, and “Every Breath You Take” live, as a group (the last song was performed alongside Steven Tyler , Gwen Stefani , and John Mayer ).
A live album from their 2002 tour, titled How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head , was released in March 2003, preceded by a live single of the 1986 hit “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.”
In March 2003, Strummer, Jones, Simonon, Chimes and Headon were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Looking for a harder-hitting rock sound than that of All That You Can’t Leave Behind , U2 began recording their eleventh studio album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb , in February 2003 with producer Chris Thomas . After nine months of work, the band had an album’s worth of…
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The single ” Zangai ” was released on January 8, 2003, and those who purchased it were able to apply for tickets to a secret live that Buck-Tick held at Shibuya-AX on January 24. The title of February 2003’s Mona Lisa Overdrive is mistakenly thought to have been inspired by…
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